"I've been silenced for 20 years, I've been slut-shamed, I've been harassed, I've been maligned, and you know what I'm just like you because what happened to me behind the scenes happens to all of us in this society and that cannot stand and it will not stand," she said.

McGowan has been using her Twitter feed to encourage victims of sexual harassment to name and shame their abusers, using the #RoseArmy hashtag.

Tony Walsh

Tony Walsh's delivery of his poem This Is The Place at a vigil for the 22 victims of the Manchester Arena attack showed how powerful poetry can be.

A little known former economy minister, who had never stood for elected office before, sets up his own party - destroys France's established political elite and becomes president at the age of just 39.

Emmanuel Macron's rise to political power in 2017 was truly remarkable.

She left Bake Off fans with a bad taste in their mouth when she accidentally tweeted the identity of winner before the show's finale aired.

Prue was in Bhutan and the time difference and said she felt "awful" for winner Sophie Faldo.

Eni Aluko

The England international has changed football.

She received an apology from the FA following a dispute over racist remarks and bullying which were investigated but later dismissed.

The FA subsequently reopened the case and when Aluko gave evidence to a Parliamentary committee, MP's labelled the FA's handling of the case "shambolic".

The Chelsea strike later said she felt vindicated and relieved but said the FA's behaviour was "bordering on blackmail".

Sean Spicer

It was a short and turbulent tenure, but Sean Spicer's six months of being Donald Trump's press secretary made him a household name and the butt of many late-night TV jokes.

Mr Spicer's daily press briefings in which he was grilled by journalists on Mr Trump's actions became must-see TV for millions of Americans.

The day after Mr Trump's inauguration Mr Spicer made his first press briefing, contradicting available evidence and claiming the President drew "the largest audience ever to witness an inauguration, period, both in person and around the globe".

Senior Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway later sought to justify his explanation as providing the media with "alternative facts", while Mr Spicer himself was forced to apologise, saying he has been given bad information.

After resigning in July, he joined the Worldwide Speakers Group as a paid political speaker.

She also met with Yair Lapid, the head of Yesh Atid, one of Mr Netanyahu's coalition partners, who tweeted about their meeting.

Following the revelation, the Prime Minister ordered Ms Patel to return from an official trip to Africa for a meeting in Number 10.

In her resignation letter, Ms Patel said it had been a "tremendous privilege" to serve in Mrs May's government.

"I accept that in meeting with organisations and politicians during a private holiday in Israel my actions fell below the high standards that are expected of a Secretary of State," she said, adding that she acted with the "best of intentions".

Nicknamed 'Dick of the Yard', the 56-year-old was appointed the Metropolitan's first female commissioner in the force's 188-year history.

Taking on the role in February, she said: "This is a great responsibility and an amazing opportunity. I'm looking forward immensely to protecting and serving the people of London and working again with the fabulous women and men of the Met.

"It is beyond my wildest dreams. An extraordinary privilege. I am very humbled."

Her appointment means that for the first time, all three top policing jobs in the UK are held by women: the Met Commissioner, the head of the National Crime Agency and the president of the National Police Chief's Council.

But her return to lead the country's biggest police force has not been without controversy, as she was the officer in charge of the flawed operation which led to the death of Jean Charles de Menezes.

He was mistaken for a suicide bomber and shot dead by armed police in 2005.

The EU's chief negotiator on Brexit suggested the UK turned against Europe with the vote to leave, claiming Britons "chose to be on their own", and he has repeatedly clashed with Brexit Secretary David Davis during months of negotiations.

The EU has now cleared the way for Brexit talks with the UK to move onto the second stage, which will involve discussions on their future relationship and trade.

But Mr Barnier has already suggested that Britain will be forced to settle for a Canada-style trade deal after Brexit.

He claimed in October that the UK's decision to leave the EU's single market and customs union means any future trade relationship will "have to work on a model that is closer to the agreement signed with Canada".

His comments were a rejection of Theresa May's speech in Florence, in which the PM outlined her wish for a "comprehensive and ambitious" EU-UK economic partnership that is superior to Canada's deal.

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe

Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who is British-Iranian, is serving a five-year jail term after she was accused of trying to topple the Iranian government.

She denies the charges, and says she was in Iran to visit relatives with her daughter when she was arrested in 2013.

She was due to face more charges but her case was postponed in the wake of Boris Johnson's visit to Iran earlier this month.

The "Me Too" concept was originally started a decade earlier by US activist Tarana Burke to help sexual assault victims in deprived areas.

Arlene Foster

As a political leader in one of the toughest political landscapes, DUP leader Arlene Foster was always going to drive a hard bargain after agreeing to support Theresa May's government.

Northern Ireland's biggest party is said to have extracted billions of pounds of government investment for entering into a confidence and supply deal with the Conservatives after Mrs May's disappointing General Election result over the summer.

She visited survivors in hospital and organised the One Love Manchester tribute concert just two weeks after the atrocity.

She performed her song One More Time to a sold out crowd at Old Trafford Cricket ground, with numerous other A-list stars, including Katy Perry, Miley Cyrus, Justin Bieber, Usher Coldplay and Liam Gallagher, taking to the stage in tribute to the victims.

The 36-year-old, who found fame in the US legal drama Suits, has been dating the fifth-in-line to the throne since the summer of 2016.

Their whirlwind romance blossomed when they met through mutual friends and the pair have been almost inseparable in recent months, with Meghan said to have virtually moved in to Harry's home at Kensington Palace.

Meghan revealed she gave an immediate "yes" to Harry after he got down on one knee to propose, as they cooked a roast dinner.